SC notice to Centre, others on plea raising issue of discrimination against transgenders

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The Supreme Court Monday asked the Centre and others to reply to a plea seeking directions to establish a welfare board for transgenders and to appoint a committee to promptly probe reports of their alleged gross abuse by the police. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde agreed to hear the plea filed … Read more

Gyanwapi mosque: Sunni Waqf Board to challenge Varanasi court order

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The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board said on Thursday that it would challenge in the high court the Varanasi court order on the disputed premises claimed both by the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Gyanwapi mosque. The order, given by a senior division civil court, asked the state government to get the disputed premises … Read more

SC to hear on April 9 plea of Mukhtar Ansari’s wife for his protection in UP

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The Supreme Court will hear on Friday the plea of the wife of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari seeking directions to the Uttar Pradesh authorities to ensure that her husband’s life is “protected” in the state besides being accorded fair trial in cases against him. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and R Subhash Reddy, as per … Read more

ISRO espionage case: SC to hear matter next week

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The Supreme Court Monday said it would hear next week the 1994 espionage case relating to ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in which a high-level probe panel appointed in 2018 has recently filed its report. The apex court had on September 14, 2018 appointed the three-member panel, headed by its former judge Justice (retd) D K … Read more

Court directs police to re-investigate 2011 case related to purported phone conversation of Shanti Bhushan, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Amar Singh

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A city court has directed the Delhi police to probe afresh a 2011 case related to an audio CD allegedly containing a telephone conversation of former law minister Shanti Bhushan, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and the then SP leader Amar Singh. The court passed the direction on January 28, while dismissing a police … Read more

AAP will move Supreme Court if GNCTD bill is passed by parliament

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The AAP will move the Supreme Court if the GNCTD bill is passed by Parliament, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP N D Gupta said. The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday, seeks to make it clear that the “government” in Delhi means the … Read more

View: Better late than never? With moratorium judgement, Supreme Court finally undid some damage done by judicial overreach

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Almost six months after the Supreme Court first erred by foraying outside its remit and ruling on established commercial banking practice, it undid some of the earlier damage. In a long-awaited judgment, the apex court ruled that borrowers would not be eligible for waiver of interest, extension of moratorium period, or sector-specific reliefs, among other … Read more

Collegium split over selection of woman judge to Supreme Court

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(This story originally appeared in on Mar 18, 2021) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court‘s five-member collegium headed by CJI S A Bobde failed to reach consensus over recommending Justice B V Nagarathna, a judge of Karnataka High Court, for appointment as judge of the SC as some said it would lead to supersession of many … Read more

Will the perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal smell the success?

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Who is Badruddin?” Fifteen years ago, former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi pointedly asked that question — and kept asking it. The year was 2006. A newly formed All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) mounted a massive election campaign, with its founder Maulana Badruddin Ajmal pumping in cash in minority-dominated pockets of lower and middle … Read more

SC left with one woman judge is ‘deeply worrying’: Justice D Y Chandrachud

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The Supreme Court having left with only one woman judge is “deeply worrying” and must promptly receive serious introspection, apex court judge, Justice D Y Chandrachud, said on Saturday. Justice Chandrachud was speaking at a farewell ceremony organised by the Supreme Court Young Lawyers Forum to honour Justice Indu Malhotra, who was the first woman … Read more